Update: Stock Picks for the week of 3/26/12 to 3/30/12

Welcome back to Dividend Stock Investing for the Common Man. Thank you stopping by and supporting the idea of investing in dividend paying stocks for the long term. I wanted to recap last week's picks for you since it is important to review all investments on a weekly, if not daily, basis.

As you can see below, it was a healthy eight days of gains in every sector. It was a 17 for 23 week. Six selections decreased in value while others had a pretty nice percentage gain for the week. BlackRock, Hershey's, UHT and American Town Corp. were the clear winners.

As a rule of thumb, always invest in high yielding dividend paying stocks for your retirement years. Continue to hold on to your stocks for the long term so the dividends have plenty of time to compound. Feel free to watch the videos below featuring BlackRock, Hershey's and American Tower Corp. All three companies will inject your Roth IRA stock portfolio with stability and profits via quarterly dividends

Until next time, happy investing, reinvest those dividends and let your smart investment decisions work for you!

Stock/Stock Ticker.. Quote @ 3/23/12..  Quote @ 3/30/12..  + or - week

BlackRock, Inc.(NYSE:BLK) $201.11 $204.90  +
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) $7.27 $7.41 +
BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) $30.99 $31.39 +
The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) $4.93 $5.01  +
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) $83.45 $83.20 -
American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) $61.75 $63.02 +
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) $32.01 $32.36 +
LTC Properties Inc (NYSE:LTC) $30.86 $32.00 +
Simon Property Group, Inc (NYSE:SPG) $143.62 $145.68 +
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) $38.71 $39.63 + 
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) $89.77 $89.86 +
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC) $14.14 $13.60 -
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) $45.59 $45.00 -
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) $8.79 $8.87 +
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYB) $13.63 $13.91 +
Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) $44.55 $45.06 +
Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) $37.64 $37.35 -
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) $34.95 $34.96 +
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) $30.40 $30.87 +
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) $39.87 $40.26 +
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) $60.52 $61.33 +
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) $70.74 $68.82 -
Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE:BOH) $47.82 $45.35 -